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    Home » Recipes » Cookies

    Halloween Sprinkle Sugar Cookies

    Published: Sep 25, 2020 · Modified: Nov 17, 2021 by Jere Cassidy · This post may contain affiliate links. · 8 Comments

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    Surprise Inside Cookies

    Don't let the ghouls and goblins scare you away from Halloween; give them these deliciously spooky Halloween Sprinkle Sugar Cookies that have a surprise cinnamon filling, and they will become your best friends.

    "The middle filling is such a fun surprise."

    The orange center of sprinkle cookies.

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    If you follow One Hot Oven, you know I love these fun sprinkle cookies that have a surprise middle layer. The best thing about this easy-to-make recipe, besides all the colorful sprinkles, is that you can use so many different colors of sprinkles and flavor the surprise filling to match all the seasons, holidays, and events.

    I have made these sprinkle cookies for

    • Weddings -  use the bride's wedding colors for the sprinkles
    • Christmas - make a batch with red, green, and white sprinkles and give these cookies as gifts, and save a few for you.
    • Valentine's Day - pretty in pink and red sprinkles with a bright red surprise middle layer.
    • Birthdays always need a sweet treat, so bake a batch in camo colors or use rainbow sprinkles.
    • Easter - pretty pastel sprinkles cover these cookies with a delicious raspberry middle layer that are perfect to add to Easter baskets.

    Today's Halloween cookies have a cinnamon-flavored mid-layer that is tinted dark orange and is surrounded by a rich, buttery sugar cookie. The non-pareil mix is a Halloween favorite of orange and black. It's just a bit spooky.

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    • I have made these sprinkle cookies for
    • These are the perfect Halloween cookies - Why, you ask?
    • What are nonpareil sprinkles?
    • You need Sprinkles
    • Ingredients
    • Let's bake cookies
    • Baking tips from One Hot Oven
    • Pin now for later!
    • Some of my kitchen favorites for Halloween
    • Here are a few fall recipes from One Hot Oven
    • More To Make And Eat!
    • Recipe
    • Happy Fall Baking

    These are the perfect Halloween cookies - Why, you ask?

    This is an easy recipe - basically, you are making a sugar cookie and tinting and flavoring some of the batter.

    Do you like chilling cookie dough? I don't, because I want to get my cookies made, and there is no chilling needed for this dough. Yeah!

    These cookies travel well and are perfect to take to parties and give as gifts. And seriously, who doesn't like a plate of cookies as a gift?

    If you have kids, they will love rolling the dough balls and then rolling the dough in the sprinkles.

    There is not one witch, superhero, princess bride, or even Spiderella that didn't like these cookies, except for maybe that one Zombie, but hey they really don't need food, so they don't count.

    Orange and black sprinkles with plastic spiders.

    What are nonpareil sprinkles?

    Also known as hundreds-thousands, nonpareils or non-pareils's are tiny little balls of colorful decorative confectionery made of sugar and starch.  The great thing about using these sprinkles is all the colors you can buy. For instance, today I am using the orange and black mix, and there is always the ever-popular rainbow non-pareil mix.   You can buy single colors and mix and match them to your liking.

    You need Sprinkles

    Another fun idea is to make these cookies candy corn colors of orange, yellow, and white.  Like I said the possibilities are endless.

    Need sprinkles? Of course, you do. I have found it hard to find the orange and black nonpareils in one bottle since it is a seasonal color, so it is easier to buy one bottle of the orange sprinkles and one bottle of the black sprinkles and mix them together, which will give you plenty of sprinkles.

                                

    Ingredients

    • Butter
    • Sugar
    • Eggs
    • Vanilla
    • Flour
    • Baking Soda
    • Salt
    • Cinnamon
    • Orange Food Color
    • Orange and black nonpareil sprinkles

    Let's bake cookies

    There are several steps to make these cookies, but I promise they are simple.

    Step 1. Beat the butter until creamy and fluffy.  Next add the sugar, baking powder, and salt, and then mix to combine.

    Step 2. Beat in the egg, egg yolks, and vanilla until mixed in well.

    Step 3.  Mix in the flour until a soft dough forms.

    Step 4. Remove ¾ cup of the dough and place in a small bowl.  Add the orange food coloring and cinnamon to this bowl and mix well.

    Step 5. Next, make the dough balls of each color. Measure one tablespoon of the plain dough and roll 25 dough balls. Do the same for the orange-colored dough using one teaspoon.

    Step 6. Pour the sprinkles into a large bowl.

    Step 7.  Flatten the plain colored dough in the palm of your hand then place an orange dough ball in the center, then fold the plain colored dough around the orange-colored dough to form a large ball.

    Step 8.  Immediately roll the dough ball in the sprinkles until covered and place and a parchment-lined cookie sheet.

    Step 9.  Repeat rolling all the dough balls.

    Step 10. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 10 minutes. When done, place the cookies on a cooling rack.

    Rolling cookie dough in orange and black sprinkles.

    Right after you roll the two dough balls together, immediately roll the balls into the nonpareils so they will stick to the dough. This part is super duper important because those nonpareils will not stick if you let the dough balls sit for a while.  Trust me on this one.

    Cookie dough rolled in orange and black sprinkles.

    Are you excited to see the baked cookies? Here they are, baked and ready to serve. No one knows there is a hidden layer lurking inside the cookies.

    Halloween sprinkle cookies.

    Baking tips from One Hot Oven

    • I almost always get 25 dough balls from each color.  Roll each color to make sure you have the same amount of dough balls. Sometimes, I have to pinch dough off a couple of balls that may I made too large to make sure I have 25.
    • Once you make the large dough ball from the two doughs, you need to immediately roll this ball in the nonpareils while the dough ball is still warm and a bit sticky, this will allow the sprinkles to stick to the dough.  If you wait, the dough will dry out, and the sprinkles won't stick.
    • You can make the center dough ball a different color, and for these cookies, you can make it black.

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    Sprinkle Sugar cookies

    Some of my kitchen favorites for Halloween

    Kitchen towels are always fun, and this Bat and Pumpkin Tea Towel has a beautiful vintage look. This cute Trick or Treat Platter in black is perfect for displaying your cookies.

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    • Get out your iron skillet for the super easy-to-make Apple Skillet Cake flavored with maple syrup.  It's pretty tasty!
    • These Maple Acorn Cakelets have a delicious maple flavor with just the right spice.
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    Recipe

    Halloween sprinkle cookies with a black polka dot box of cookies.

    Halloween Surprise Inside Cookies

    Jere' Cassidy
    There's a delicious little surprise inside every bite of these colorful buttery sugar cookies.
    4.34 from 9 votes
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    Prep Time 30 minutes mins
    Cook Time 20 minutes mins
    Total Time 40 minutes mins
    Course Cookies
    Cuisine Dessert
    Servings 25
    Calories 179 kcal

    Equipment

    • Cookie Sheets
    • Parchment Paper
    • Kitchenaid Mixer

    Ingredients
      

    • ¾ cup butter at room temperature
    • 1 cup sugar
    • ½ tsp. baking powder
    • ¼ tsp. salt
    • 1 egg
    • 2 egg yolks
    • 2 tsp. vanilla
    • 2 ½ cups AP flour
    • ⅛ tsp. cinnamon
    • Orange food coloring
    • 4 ounces Black nonpareil sprinkles
    • 4 ounces Orange nonpareil sprinkles

    Instructions
     

    • In a large bowl mix the butter on medium speed until fluffy.
    • Add the sugar, baking powder and salt; mix until combined
    • Add the egg, egg yolks, and vanilla and mix on medium speed until combined, scraping sides of the bowl.
    • Mix in the flour until combined and a soft dough forms.
    • Remove ¾ cup of the dough to a small bowl and add the orange food coloring and cinnamon. Mix well to incorporate
    • Measure out 1 tablespoon of butter dough and make 25 balls with the dough
    • Using a teaspoon roll the orange cinnamon-flavored dough into 25 1" balls.
    • Flatten the butter-flavored dough and place an orange-tinted dough ball in the center and mold the dough around it to make a round ball.
    • Pour the sprinkles into a medium-sized bowl and mix the colors together and Immediately roll the ball in the nonpareils then place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
    • Bake for 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees. Remove from the oven and let cool.
    • Store the cookies in an airtight container for several days.

    Notes

    For the food coloring, start by adding a drop, then add more as needed.
    Measure out all the dough balls to make sure you have 25 of each.  If you have too many or not enough of one just pinch some dough off another dough ball to make 25 of each.
    After you roll the two dough balls together, roll the ball in you have several times to warm up the dough to get a bit sticky and immediately roll in the nonpareils.  
    If you let the dough balls sit and then roll in the nonpareils the dough won't be sticky enough.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1cookieCalories: 179kcalCarbohydrates: 25.2gFat: 8.4gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 30mg
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    First Published: Oct. 12, 2017... Last Updated: Sept. 25, 2020

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    Tray of Halloween Surprise Inside Cookies

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    About Jere’

    From learning to cook on a farm in Indiana to culinary school in California,  my passion for food is never-ending.  Turning on my oven to bake something for friends and family is my happy place, and I am glad to be here at One Hot Oven sharing both sweet and savory recipes with all my baking friends.

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    1. Denise Farrell

      September 04, 2021 at 11:01 am

      I can't wait to make these for my girls! Fall Sprinkles 2021 u forgot to add

      Reply
    2. Denise

      August 31, 2021 at 4:34 pm

      I can't wait to make these cookies for my girls.

      Reply
    3. helene katz

      August 29, 2021 at 6:30 am

      Your Halloween cookies look amazing.
      "Fall Sprinkles 2021"

      Reply
    4. Colleen Schaefer

      August 28, 2021 at 12:59 pm

      I can’t wait to make these and sent them to both my kids away at college ❤️

      Fall Sprinkles 2021

      Reply
    5. Wendy Stribling

      August 28, 2021 at 10:17 am

      5 stars
      Fall Sprinkles 2021
      I made these last year for my grandaughters Halloween party, they were just amazing!
      Thank you for a superb recipe xx

      Reply
    6. Luann Boydston

      August 28, 2021 at 9:07 am

      "Fall Sprinkles 2021"
      Can’t wait to try these cookies ! Grand kids will love them - I’m sure!! Anything sprinkle!

      Reply
    7. Marthana Sharp

      August 28, 2021 at 8:59 am

      Love all of your recipes and your commentary is so delightful and personal.

      Reply
    8. Juliane

      August 28, 2021 at 8:56 am

      5 stars
      I am so ready for fall, i love the colors and all the fall flavors. Coming back here to get your cookie recipe for an upcoming party. You are right everyone loves the surprise center filling. "Fall 2021"

      Reply

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